Int Braz J Urol. Vol. 35 N. 02 – 2009
CONTENTS
EDITOR’S COMMENT
123 | F.J.B. Sampaio
REVIEW ARTICLE
125 | Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: A Review
Pierluigi Bove, Anastasios D. Asimakopoulos, Fernando J. Kim, Giuseppe Vespasiani (Editorial Comment by Dr. Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg, Dr. Joshua M Stern & Dr. David I Lee)
CLINICAL UROLOGY
140 | Can Infundibular Height Predict the Clearance of Lower Pole Calyceal Stone After Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy?
Arzoz-Fabregas, L. Ibarz-Servio, F. J. Blasco-Casares, M. Ramon-Dalmau, F. J. Ruiz-Marcellan (Editorial Comment by Dr. Bannakij Lojanapiwa; Dr. Udo Nagele; Dr. Ricardo Miyaoka, Dr. W. K. Durfee & Dr. Manoj Monga)
151 | Perioperative Outcomes of Open Radical Prostatectomy versus Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy in Asian Men: Comparison of Two Initial Series by the same Surgeon
Sunai Leewansangtong, Wirat Wiangsakunna, Tawatchai Taweemankongsap (Editorial Comment by Dr. Anuar I. Mitre; Dr. Mauricio Rubinstein & Dr. Lisias N. Castilho)
158| Reducing the Number of Sutures for Vesicourethral Anastomosis in Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy
Evangelos M. Mazaris, Eleftherios Chatzidarellis, Ioannis M. Varkarakis, Athanasios Dellis, Charalambos Deliveliotis
164 | Uni- vs. Multiloculated Pelvic Lymphoceles: Differences in the Treatment of Symptomatic Pelvic Lymphoceles after Open Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy
Adrian Treiyer, Bjorn Haben, Eberhard Stark, Peter Breitling, Joachim Steffens (Editorial Comment by Dr. Darko Kröpfl & Dr. Lisias N. Castilho)
171 | T2-Weighted Endorectal Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Prostate Cancer after External Beam Radiation Therapy
Antonio C. Westphalen, John Kurhanewicz, Rui M. G. Cunha, I-Chow Hsu, John Kornak, Shoujun Zhao, Fergus V. Coakley (Editorial Comment by Dr. Adilson Prando & Dr. Ronaldo Hueb Baroni)
183 | Risk Factors for Bone Loss with Prostate Cancer in Korean Men Not Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy
Sun-Ouck Kim, Taek Won Kang, Dongdeuk Kwon, Kwangsung Park, Soo Bang Ryu (Editorial Comment by Dr. A. M. Brufsky)
190 | Sperm Banking for Male Cancer Patients: Social and Semen Profiles
Tatiana C.S. Bonetti, Fabio F. Pasqualotto, Priscila Queiroz, Assumpto Iaconelli Jr., Edson Borges Jr. (Editorial Comment by Dr. Michael S. Neal & Dr. Kim Nagel)
SURGICAL TECHNIQUE
199 | Robotic-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy: Surgical Technique Using a 3-Arm Approach and Sliding-clip Renorrhaphy
Jose M. Cabello, Brian M. Benway, Sam B. Bhayani (Editorial Comment by Dr. Anuar Ibrahim Mitre)
PEDIATRIC UROLOGY
205 | A New Extra-Abdominal Channel Alternative to the Mitrofanoff Principle: Experimental and Preliminary Clinical Experience
Antonio Macedo Jr., Tiago Rosito, Jesus A. S. Pires, Riberto Liguori, Valdemar Ortiz (Editorial Comment by Dr. Armando J. Lorenzo)
BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL UROLOGY
217 | Use of a Latex Biomembrane for Bladder Augmentation in a Rabbit model: Biocompatibility, Clinical and Histological Outcomes
Andre L. A. Domingos, Silvio Tucci Jr, Sergio B. Garcia, Jose de Bessa Jr, Adauto J. Cologna, Antonio C. P. Martins (Editorial Comment by Dr. Tomasz Drewa & Dr. Stacy T. Tanaka)
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
227 | Re: In Vitro Evidence for a New Therapeutic Approach in Renal Cell Carcinoma
Carmine Pittoggi, Gianni Martis, Giorgia Mastrangeli, Bruno Mastrangeli, Corrado
Spadafora
UROLOGICAL SURVEY
STONE DISEASE
229 | Combined retrograde flexible ureteroscopic lithotripsy with holmium YAG laser for renal calculi associated with ipsilateral ureteral stones
Cocuzza M, Colombo JR Jr, Ganpule A, Turna B, Cocuzza A, Dhawan D, Santos B, Mazzucchi E, Srougi M, Desai M, Desai M
230 | Percutaneous versus transurethral cystolithotripsy
Tugcu V, Polat H, Ozbay B, Gurbuz N, Eren GA, Tasci AI
ENDOUROLOGY & LAPAROSCOPY
231 | Comparison of different extraction sites used during laparoscopic radical nephrectomy
Bird VG, Au JK, Sandman Y, De Los Santos R, Ayyathurai R, Shields JM
231 | Laparoscopic management of endopelvic etiologies of pudendal pain in 134 consecutive patients
Possover M
IMAGING
232 | Renal cell carcinoma: dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging for differentiation of tumor subtypes–correlation with pathologic findings
Sun MR, Ngo L, Genega EM, Atkins MB, Finn ME, Rofsky NM, Pedrosa I
234 | Correlation of MR imaging and MR spectroscopic imaging findings with Ki-67, phospho-Akt, and androgen receptor expression in prostate cancer
Shukla-Dave A, Hricak H, Ishill NM, Moskowitz CS, Drobnjak M, Reuter VE, Zakian KL, Scardino PT, Cordon-Cardo C
PATHOLOGY
235 | TMPRSS2-ERG gene fusions in “minimal” prostatic adenocarcinoma
Albadine R, Latour M, Haffner M, Toubaji A, Lotan T, Epstein JI, Netto GJ
237 | Are nephrogenic adenomas renal stem/progenitor cell-derived lesions? An immunohistochemical study
BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL UROLOGY
238 | Oestrogen receptor expression and neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the clitoris and preputial gland structures of mice
Martin-Alguacil N, Schober J, Kow LM, Pfaff D
240 | Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) renal cryoablation in a porcine model
Crouzet S, Haber GP, Kamoi K, Berger A, Brethauer S, Gatmaitan P, Gill IS, Kaouk JH
UROLOGICAL ONCOLOGY
241 | Prevalence and risk factors of bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaw in prostate cancer patients with advanced disease treated with zoledronate
Walter C, Al-Nawas B, Grötz KA, Thomas C, Thüroff JW, Zinser V, Gamm H, Beck J, Wagner W
242 | Long-term survival after gemcitabine and cisplatin in patients with locally advanced transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder: focus on supplementary treatment strategies
Als AB, Sengelov L, von der Maase H
NEUROUROLOGY & FEMALE UROLOGY
243 | Nonsurgical transurethral collagen denaturation for stress urinary incontinence in women: 12-month results from a prospective long-term study
Elser DM, Mitchell GK, Miklos JR, Nickell KG, Cline K, Winkler H, Wells WG
244 | Urethral diverticula in 90 female patients: a study with emphasis on neoplastic alterations
Thomas AA, Rackley RR, Lee U, Goldman HB, Vasavada SP, Hansel DE
PEDIATRIC UROLOGY
245 | Updated experience with the Monti catheterizable channel
Cain MP, Dussinger AM, Gitlin J, Casale AJ, Kaefer M, Meldrum K, Rink RC
246 | Corporeal grafting for severe hypospadias: a single institution experience with 3 techniques
Leslie JA, Cain MP, Kaefer M, Meldrum KK, Misseri R, Rink RC
